Just as visible light is diffracted by the finely spaced grooves on a compact disc (CD), electromagnetic radiation in the _______range has the appropriate wavelength to be diffracted by atoms and electron density in a crystalline lattice.

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X-ray radiation has the appropriate wavelength to be diffracted by atoms and electron density in a crystalline lattice, which is why X-ray crystallography is a common technique for determining the atomic structure of crystals.

Just as Visible Light Is Diffracted by the Finely Spaced